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Peak power ratio generator

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5271298
A peak power ratio generator is described for measuring, in combination with a conventional power meter, the peak power level of extremely narrow pulses in the gigahertz radio frequency bands. The present invention in a preferred embodiment utilizes a tunnel diode and a back diode combination in a detector circuit as the only high speed elements. The high speed tunnel diode provides a bistable signal and serves as a memory device of the input pulses for the remaining, slower components. A hybrid digital and analog loop maintains the peak power level of a reference channel at a known amount. Thus, by measuring the average power levels of the reference signal and the source signal, the peak power level of the source signal can be determined.
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-76DP00789
Assignee:
SNL; EDB-84-037458
Patent Number(s):
None
Application Number:
ON: DE84005991
OSTI ID:
5271298
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English